Ancient Greece Vocab

Impede

• Great courage in the face of danger
• A powerful Greek miliary City State that was often at war with Athens. Used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor.
• delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
• A government ruled by a few powerful people

Valor

• Great courage in the face of danger
• Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires, as well as Egypt and many others. Also known as the Achaemenid Empire.
• delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
• son of Darius; became Persian king. He vowed revenge on the Athenians. He invaded Greece with 180,000 troops in 480 B.C.t announces or signals the approach of another

Harbinger

• A part of the Mediterranean Sea east of Greece
• delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
• to get an opinion and information from someone
• the marketplace in ancient Greece

colony

• the peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece
• A part of the Mediterranean Sea east of Greece
• a group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws
• a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

consulting

• A powerful Greek miliary City State that was often at war with Athens. Used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor.
• to get an opinion and information from someone
• a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
• A part of the Mediterranean Sea east of Greece

peninsula

• A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
• A group of 500 Athenian citizens randomly elected for one year to propose laws in Athens
• The action of betraying someone or something
• A government ruled by a king or queen

aristocrat

• a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society
• A group of 500 Athenian citizens randomly elected for one year to propose laws in Athens
• A supreme ruler, especially a monarch
• to get an opinion and information from someone

assembly

• Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires, as well as Egypt and many others. Also known as the Achaemenid Empire.
• delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
• A powerful Greek miliary City State that was often at war with Athens. Used slaves known as helots to provide agricultural labor.
• a group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws

citizen

• A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her city-state or country
• a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society
• to get an opinion and information from someone
• A supreme ruler, especially a monarch

Democracy

• Great courage in the face of danger
• The action of betraying someone or something
• a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
• A government ruled by a king or queen